The letters were hoisted by a crane near Gate 4 at the old Stadium, home to decades of baseball history and a roster of Yankee immortals.

The last baseball game in the Stadium is set for Sunday. The new ballpark debuts on Opening Day 2009. The Yankees open the final three-game series in the Stadium Friday night against the Baltimore Orioles.

"It's too bad they are knocking down old Yankee Stadium, but George (Steinbrenner) needs his luxury boxes," said Josh Boone, 18, a lifelong Yankees fan. "I guess you can say it's officially the end of one era, and the beginning of another."